Sen. Ed Markey Calls on Ring to Make Itself Less Cop-Friendly(theintercept.com)
theintercept.com
Sen. Ed Markey Calls on Ring to Make Itself Less Cop-Friendly
https://theintercept.com/2022/06/14/amazon-ring-camera-police-privacy-ed-markey/
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I presume law enforcement doesn't even need to get a warrant to access audio and video from Ring devices?
Article is paywalled, but here's the relevant excerpt:
> ...the company’s 10 million customers provide a steady current of data that police can request, sans warrant or meaningful oversight, [directly from the user](https://theintercept.com/2021/02/16/lapd-ring-surveillance-b...).
> ...the company’s 10 million customers provide a steady current of data that police can request, sans warrant or meaningful oversight, [directly from the user](https://theintercept.com/2021/02/16/lapd-ring-surveillance-b...).
Is there any way to compel law enforcement to make public the audio/video they get from Ring? I can see the legitimacy of being captured on video when on someone's property approaching their door, but if I'm taking a walk on a public street I don't see why Ring should be allowed to record and store my likeness. What they are doing is mass surveillance by a private company, not street photography by an artist. I don't suppose there is a law which draws such a distinction but there needs to be.
It’s opt-in by the owner. If your ring settings, you have a toggle to allow law enforcement access to your recordings or not.
There needs to be an education campaign to inform what that toggle actually means.
There needs to be an education campaign to inform what that toggle actually means.